Pg754

Question 0

Density-independent factor

Answer 0

Environmental factor that does not depend on population size, such as storms, flood, fires, or pollution

Question 1

Carrying capacity

Answer 1

of organisms that a specific environment can support

Question 2

Density-dependent factor

Answer 2

Environmental factor, suck as disease, predators, or lack of food, that increasingly affects a population as the populations size increases

Question 3

Exponential growth

Answer 3

Pattern if growth in which a population of organisms grows faster as it increases in size, resulting in a population explosion

Question 4

Bioremediation

Answer 4

Use of organisms to clean up toxic waste

Question 5

Deforestation

Answer 5

Removal if trees from a forested area without adequate replanting, often using clear-cutting, which can result in loss of topsoil and water pollution

Question 6

Pesticide

Answer 6

Chemic applied to plants to kill insects and weeds